The following is the resolution officially proposed in the House of Commons on Friday.
WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL AND ISRAELI AUTHORS AND BUSINESSES
Date tabled: 07.06.2011
Primary sponsor: Halfon, Robert
Sponsors: Bottomley, Peter Campbell, Gregory Dodds, Nigel Paisley, Ian Jnr Shannon, Jim
“That this House condemns the unilateral decision of West Dunbartonshire Council to boycott Israeli authors and businesses; notes that Israel is one of the only democracies in the Middle East where Arab citizens have genuine freedom and the rule of law, with an independent Supreme Court; further notes that there has been no boycott of dictatorships like Syria where the regime has killed many of its own citizens in recent days; regrets that West Dunbartonshire Council has expressed no concern for the brutal crimes of China, Iran, Sudan, North Korea, Sri Lanka, or Zimbabwe, which have appalling records on human rights; and therefore urges the people of Dunbartonshire to lobby their councillors strenuously against this offensive decision, which has echoes of Nazi Germany burning books by Jewish authors in the 1930s.”
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